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Recently, Apple has been placed 17th place in Fortune’s annual ratings of the top 500 largest corporations in America. Last year, Apple was at 35th spot.

The Cupertino, California-based company was able to offer a dividend for the first time since 1995 after strong year-over-year revenue growth which saw earnings per share nearly doubling in 2011 compared to 2010.